French foreign minister dumped after 3 months on job

PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday evening that he has again reshuffled his cabinet, removing the foreign minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, after only three months in office.

PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday evening that he has again reshuffled his cabinet, removing the foreign minister, Michele Alliot-Marie, after only three months in office.

Sarkozy replaced her with Alain Juppe, the defense minister and a former prime minister and foreign minister.

Alliot-Marie had been a focus of controversy after vacationing in Tunisia as anti-government demonstrations were taking place there. Disclosures of her family’s business dealings in the country also hurt her.